Efficacy and Mechanism of Preoperative Simvastatin Therapy on Myocardial Protection after Extracorporeal Circulation
Background. Cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) causes systemic inflammatory response and ischemia-reperfusion (IR) injury. Objective. To investigate the effect and mechanism of simvastatin on myocardial injury in cardiac valve surgery with CPB. Methods. One hundred thirty patients were randomly assigned t...
Main Authors: | Ping Hua, Jianyang Liu, Jun Tao, Rongjun Zou, Xifeng Lin, Dingwen Zhang, Songran Yang |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Hindawi Limited
2017-01-01
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Series: | BioMed Research International |
Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/6082430 |
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